Hair lotion



Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARLETA M. MQDANELD, OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ESSIE M. HEREFORD, OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS.

HAIR LOTION.

No Drawing.

The object of this invention is the production of a hair lotion composition to be applied to the-hair durin the process of permanent waving, the ofifize of the lotion being to make the hair soft and susceptible to proper curling when the waving rod is in position and heat is applied in the usual.

manner, and also to' prevent undue drying of the hair, and to maintain it in a healthy condition. 7

My compositionconsists of a mixture of borax, bicarbonate of soda, starch and linseed oil. In preparing the composition, I prefer to use the ingredients in the followin proportions: i. e.

Three and three-fourths Three and one-half poun soda.

Two-fifths pounds of starch One-sixth pound of linseed oil Good results, however, are obtained when ounds of borax the ingredients are varied within the following limits:

Three to four pounds of borax Two and three-fourths to three and threefourths pounds bicarbonate of soda Two-ninths to one-half pound starch 1One-eighth to one-fourth pound linseed o1 v These ingredients are mixed with water in suflicient quantities'to form a liquid solution, in order that the may be properly applied to the hair. X mixture which has proven very satisfactory is as follows Ingredients one pound Water twelve pounds bicarbonate of I Application filed January 18, 1928. Serial No. 247,749.

Briefly stated, the hair is permanently waved in the followin manner. The hair is first moistened with t e lotion, then wound 40 around the waving rod and covered with a fabric that has been dampened with the lotion. The hair with its wrappings and rod are then placed in the heating oven, and

.heat of proper temperature is applied.

My composition is inexpensive, is not injurious to the hair, and possesses in a high degree all the desired properties of a hair lotion to be used in the production of a permanent wave when the heating process is starch, one-eighth to one-fourth pound of linseed oil. 3. A liquid composition consisting of three and three-fourths pounds of borax, three and one-half pounds bicarbonate of soda, two-fifths pound of starch, one-sixth pound linseed oil. In testimonywhereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

MARLETA M. MODANELD. 

